"In this Revelation the Lord of the universe hath deigned ..."

In this Revelation the Lord of the universe hath deigned to bestow His
mighty utterances and resplendent signs upon the Point of the Bayan, and
hath ordained them as His matchless testimony for all created things. Were
all the people that dwell on earth to assemble together, they would be
unable to produce a single verse like unto the ones which God hath caused
to stream forth from the tongue of the Point of the Bayan. Indeed, if any
living creature were to pause to meditate he would undoubtedly realize
that these verses are not the work of man, but are solely to be ascribed
unto God, the One, the Peerless, Who causeth them to flow forth from the
tongue of whomsoever He willeth, and hath not revealed nor will He reveal
them save through the Focal Point of God's Primal Will. He it is, through
Whose dispensations divine Messengers are raised up and heavenly Books are
sent down. Had human beings been able to accomplish this deed surely
someone would have brought forth at least one verse during the period of
twelve hundred and seventy years which hath elapsed since the revelation
of the Qur'an until that of the Bayan. However, all men have proved
themselves impotent and have utterly failed to do so, although they
endeavoured, with their vehement might, to quench the flame of the Word of
God. II, 1.

"Thou beholdest how vast is the number of people who ..."

Thou beholdest how vast is the number of people who go to Mecca each year
on pilgrimage and engage in circumambulation, while He, through the
potency of Whose Word the Ka'bah [the sanctuary in Mecca] hath become the
object of adoration, is forsaken in this mountain. He is none other but
the Apostle of God Himself, inasmuch as the Revelation of God may be
likened to the sun. No matter how innumerable its risings, there is but
one sun, and upon it depends the life of all things. It is clear and
evident that the object of all preceding Dispensations hath been to pave
the way for the advent of Muhammad, the Apostle of God. These, including
the Muhammadan Dispensation, have had, in their turn, as their objective
the Revelation proclaimed by the Qa'im. The purpose underlying this
Revelation, as well as those that preceded it, has, in like manner, been
to announce the advent of the Faith of Him Whom God will make manifest.
And this Faith--the Faith of Him Whom God will make manifest--in its turn,
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